Method of manufacturing garment hangers



July 1933- V w. l. BROWN 1,918,516

METHOD OF MANUFACTURING GARMENT HANGERS Filed Jan. 4, 1932 3 sheets-sheet 1 IN V EN TOR.

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July 18, 1933. w. l. BROWN IETHOD OF MANUFACTURING GARMENT HANGERS 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 Filed Jan. 4, 1932 I INVENTOR. M1752 flea w/v i Patented Jilly i Ema s:cr miwmwmsesm ,Vided With al w'ireghookfor the like fer sills}, pending the hanger, but 'th'e "present IIIVBII! tion is particularly direeted tothe manuf-ac-i' v ture'zof the. Wooden V bedy fpo'rtion of sixth Lei-hangers. i

R- It is a general ehjeet eithejinventien' to devise" a method which saves "time, flabor and expense in'the manufacture ofggarm'ent hangers of the ehar'aeterdeseribedl' which a; p-luralitynf garrnenthangers can; be -manufaetu'red simultaneously afrom single'piece-of stock:

*"These -and pth'er' 2 and advantages ;i are attainedlin the two speciesofmyinethod liavingthe ifste'ps illustrated in more or less diagrammatic I 'form 'in "drawings, in which: Y

'FigF'l is a perspecti apparatus suitable for "performing the "first step ineach'ef the niethods- Q 3 Fig. Zis an elevational View of apparatus foijiperfprming the 'sjecfond step i'n' ene ofthe preferredmethods." "1 j :3 6 i "Fi 3is an elevatiofnal iew of apparatus' which can beils'e'd for performing the third Step3 it Fig; 6 isacross sectional iew takenalong':

the plane indicated 1ine-6" 6lef Rig -3. 40

Fig. '7 is'a cross sectional View takeii a'long theplanefindieated by line 7+7 jof Fig"; 4.

1 Fig.1 8 i is an 'elevational viewilh stiating' j apparatus which can beutilizedinperforming the second step rofra mod ified method which can be utilized in performingthethird and final step of the medifiejd meth'ed. j

the plane-indicated by-line l ds-1001f Fig. 8.

of Fig. 9.4"; a

. Fig. 12' illustrates apnaratils fer jierforml ing an additional-step whichcan beinelucled in each ef thefniethed';ifi d I hangers areto'be manufaetnred, preferablyf .simultanegusly,fand-the-seeond x'stepl in" the f Inethbdcomprises entting spaced grQOV'esin: the t Op r inithe bOttQm Of the blocktol subdivide the block into a -ph 'rality of "portions, e a'ch having a width which is I substantially equal to the width desired in the finished! hanger, and leavinga relatively narrow Web after, the top side ef each oli'thehangerscan theaaccompany'ings V r a i i a ianother eitherlby;euttingthrehgh:ljheweb at 'e vievv illustrating the crucial peintsbn'by removing theweb I ghavebeenseparated,-alhele"eanbe bored Ver i q a e xFig l' a suitablesaWJS is-shownior cnt-ting "Fig; 4 is an'elevatipnal ieW of apparatus.

whichean be used for performingthe fourth and final step ofthe' first Inethedi j r i Fig. Sisaeros's sectionalvi'ewtaken along theplane indi'eated' by line 5'.-':-'5 bf-Fig:2.

- i sired, but I: prefer tq employ a'sawfif W IP I" ture ofgthe .fsawbeing'g'slibstantially eqnalftb blqeks 17,thferef0re; ha'sla longitudinal. con-H V a tea size such that, the lengthgl of the-block a Fig. 9, is an elevational v1e.W, 0f apparatus;

. v j. .greatjas 's'einemultiple Of j'the, idth d si I V FigIlO is-a cross seetional-viewtaken along v :madefer sawcuts which are t0:be inadejslibs Fig 112 is a cr0ssseeti0na1;:view; taken along the plane inclieatedibythe line" 11 -11" hangers to whieh thi's'invention is directed v co npris sneuttingfrom apiece of stock a'g y bew shaped; bleckbfwwd havingaflength" and heightsubstantiallyequal tdthecQrre-f 5'0 f spending"dimensionsdesired in the finished hanger: and' -having awi'dth Whichfis several I times as'; great as the width ofxthejfinishedv '1 hanger. [,Frem. this bleek I a plurality Of foriretaining the seyerali pertions together I te facilitate subsequentoperations; ,,Tl1QI'Q- r be reunided 'or jgiven any other desired shape andthenthehangers can be severed fro m'one entirely. Either befere orafteruthehangersg g I" tically threugh'the center if-(each hange fffer a receiving a suspendinghookfor tl 1'e like. v f:

Referring no w'toithe drawings andzfirstj v r to Figs. 11 to 7- there'0f I have'illustrated the. 85; steps of one;0f;;1ny*preferred'methods QIII;

how-shaped ihloeks ii frelfia {piece of stock."

178; The saw-I116 cant-be. a; band "saw if; de-f" v I 90" drical shape as shown,:,the radius of curve-1 the radius eft enrvat ire,desired inthee nved side oii the finished, hanger. Ealehwf the I '7 4 9.5. 9.1 tourlwhicheorrespendsgenerallytefthe cen a teurg desired 'in thefinishedlhangerqf'lhe niece of steak 18is-pfeferablypreviously cut 1-7 equals the length desired in, theiini'shed1 bhangersandthe width w ofthe blocklT-is as in.thefinishedhanger, due allewaneeybeing m t if 11 1 V ofthe cutters, such as the cutter '26, can be I V rotated in afcounterclockwise;direction and serves'to shape approximately one-half ofthe 7 upper edge of the portions '21- wlien the stock; is move'din th'e'direction-ofthe arrow-shown in :Fig. 3, w-hile the" otherfcutter 26' rotates Q allowance being made if material to be re:

1 moved along. this operations.

" 3 After the can beformed' therein to subdivide the'block J I is equal to the width desired-in the-finished I into a plurality of portions 21 each havin'g'a 'Width corresponding to thatxdesired in. the finished hangers; For performing this operation a buzz saw can-beiemp'loye'd having a plurality of blades QZ'eachQbeingspaced ;from-an adjoining blade by an amountf'which grooves'19- is suchlthat it issomewhat less than the'dimension iifof-thefbloclc17' so that .an'integral web '28is left which interconnects the cutter 26 leaves off to shape the'remainin'g I I g.

' pending applicatiom-SerialNo; 584,597, filed January 4,1932ycanbeprovided for moving tions" 21 simultaneously; V V V hile the portions 21are thus'secured'to i gether, theupperedgefll'of each OftheporQ tions can be rounded orfbevelled or 'givenanyi other: desired contour by any suitable means; e and 6" I have (shown a pair 10f. rotatable cutters 26am -26 havingcutting edges 27 and for roundingthe upper'edges" on all of the portions 21 simultaneously. One V ploy d for shaping-the upper edges on allof V the portions 211 Web-23 serves to retainthe; {portions 21 together'so that'subsequent op- :all tl ie'por erations can be performed-on In Figs. 3

'iir-the opposite direction and begins where partof the upper edges'24; Preferably, suit.- able' means such as that disclosed in [my cothe' cutters 26 "and 26 'to and from the Work at the beginning and end of their respective cutting operations. If. desired; the a part cut cutter 26 can overlap s'l'ightlythepart out by the cutter 26,'thereby rendering-the surfface cut continuous in appearance. The

pointfat which the changeover from one cutter to-the othe'r occurs ispreferably the point at which the first cutter would begin to" cut against the grain 'f the wood if it were al- I f lowedto'continue the cutting operation; If.v this point in the stock occurs elsewhere than at the approximate center, the changeover.

position between the cutters canibe displaced" accordinglyy so thatbothcutters' will cut with I ,the grain and produce a sniooth surface; Preferablyfhowever, ;the' stock is arranged so that its grain runslengthwise of the hangers since the; finished product possesses greater strength under this condition, After this edge shaping operatiomeach of the portions'21 has the contour andithe dimensions desired in-the finished hanger;

dimension 1 in subsequent V v V 7 niadaptedto 'sever'the web 23 between all. of block 17 has been cut from the piece ofstock 18 a plurality of grooves 19 To separate the portions from each "otherv a rotatable saw 28*canrbeemployed having a plura'lityYo-f spacedlblades 29 which are "the adjoining portions 21. providing a tapered cutting edge 31 on each of the blades v 29. thelOWerpdge of eachof-the hangers pan be"bevelled", as at 32, during this operation.

After the severing, operation, the hanger is substantially completed, the only remaining operation F being to bore a *vertical hele" "through th'eficenterof each hanger forreceiv- .ingaf hook or thelike' for suspending the 12 for i performing this operation. If den-o.

sired,:hovwsver, a hole may be bored in eac'h J ofkthe portions 21' before they are severed hanger. 5 Aidrillorrbit 33 isshown inFig. r

from one'another, in whichlevent allof the that a retaining web 3. L is left nearv the top edge of the hangers instead of-atthellower edge. In this instance agangsaw havinga plurality off'spaced blades 36 cutslgrooves n. the :lower' side of the. block 17. instead of n the upper side. Thereafter apair Of rotat- 26 and 26 shown in Figs..:3 and Gycanbe em-v the: hangers simultaneously and in the same able cutters 37andu37', similar t'othe cutters 1 1 operation cut through the web 34 holding the v o V hangers together. Thus, in the method 1llustrated in Figsf8 toll, the shaping stepand 6 the severino step 'arecombinedand are perforined to t g By providing a retaining Web, such asithe" in web23 or the web 34:, for securing allofthe 1 hanger body portions' together .Whilefthe va-l rious'shaping operations are performedymam ,ufacture of the hangersin groups is greatly I facilitated", since thefindividual operat1onsz o can ;beperformed on all 'iof theflhangers simultaneously just aseasily-as the same operationicoul-dbe performed on a single han-g- 7 "er, thus resulting in a substantial saving in time, labor and expense in the quantity production of articlesof this character. 7 'I'claimr The method" of manufacturing bow- L shaped; garment hangers and thelike from 1 material having a, grainrwhic'h comprises cutting" from a piece of stock a bow-shaped blockvhaving at'least one curved edge crossing the grain in different directionsin-dif-- ferent parts of the block cutting aplurality of I spaced grooves almost throu gh- 'said block i to subdivide the bloek into a plurality of I portionssecured together by are'lativelythin Web; finishing saidcurved" edgelof each of i said portionsby a plurality of cuts each in each of said portions at said Web. 7

the direction of said grain,'-and separating 

